No other title for the PlayStation 4 has felt the pain of a botched release as Sony’s DriveClub. Developer Evolution saw the title delayed a couple of times prior to its eventual release, but all of the delays didn’t help.

DriveClub was still a mess when it was released and so far the patches and updates have helped make the game more playable, but with the latest 3.3GB update which takes the game to version 1.10, it might be time to give DriveClub another drive.

The 3.33GB update adds a total of 11 track types split across five new course which all happen to be in Japan. (Nakasendo/Lake Shoji/Asagiri Highlands/Racerack/Takahagi Hills/Goshodaira) In addition we see that multiplayer time trial is now available in the online mode.

The rest of the update contains more tweaks, gameplay improvements, and some work has gone into improvements to the photo mode. For the future some support has evidently been built-in for additional future add-ons. It is one of the largest updates we have seen so far for DriveClub and it does seem to make significant headway in finally getting this racer up to speed for PlayStation 4 fans.

Give it another drive as DriveClub has for sure improved since the last time you played it.

Sony Worldwide head-honcho Shuhei Yoshida announced in a message posted yesterday that the PlayStaiton Plus version of DriveClub will remain on indefinite hold till further notice.

Youshida admits that the road to getting Drive Club lunched has been a rocky one. He apologizes that not everyone has been able to enjoy Drive Club, but the titles has had a troubled history to say the least and it has not delivered on what they had hoped to achieve with the title.

According to Youshia, he is conscious of the disappointment encountered by so many who have been trying to play the game. Still Sony is not confident that the game it its current state can provide an online experience with the full social connected experience promised and till they are confident in the online experience the PS Plus version will be postponed till further notice.

While a recent update is said to improve the situation, apparently they are hoping that the next update that is expected later this week will improve the situation. They are continuing to ask for patience while they sort things out.

No matter, Sony has taken a real black eye so to speak on this title and even if they do manage to get it fixed, the real question is if it will be too little too late?

DriveClub has received a major patch (1.03 update) over this past weekend, but despite the patch and the hard work of the developers, server issues are still on-going. Evolution Studios issues a statement on their Facebook page that they are working hard to get everyone online as soon as possible.

While the specifics are unknown. It seems that capacity seems to be an issue as talk about the 1.03 update indicated that increased the number of players racing, but additional updates appear to be necessary. It also seems that the scalability is an issue with talk that a number of the servers were already at capacity which should not apparently be happening.

The extremely rocky launch of DriveClub is actually a bit surprising as the game was delayed a number of times so that Evolution Studios could do everything possible to deliver the best game possible. While Forza Horizon 2 on the Xbox One had a few issues, these were relativity small in caparison to what players have been experiencing with DriveClub. It could seem in the battle of the open world driver exclusives, this round goes to Forza Horizon 2 without a doubt.

A new series of launch dates has been confirmed for the on again, delayed again title Driveclub for the PlayStation 4. Sony has confirmed that the new driver will arrive on October 7th in North America, October 8th in Europe, and October 10th in the UK.

Sony has described the new racer as a truly innovative and socially connected racing game. Sony claims that the extra time spend on Driveclub was necessary to deliver what Driveclub offers and deliver the game that players have been waiting for.

The delays in release have not dampened the plans for a free PS Plus version for subscribers to the service. The difference between the boxed and free PS Plus version is a slightly scaled down amount of content that is offered in the PS Plus version. No specifics yet on the exact differences between the two.

Details about Driveclub has been hard to come by since Sony announced that the game had been delayed. Now developer Evolution Studios says in a Facebook posting that they will be “bringing everyone up to speed with full details on Driveclub soon”.

In the upcoming details it is expected that a new release date will be confirmed for the PS4 title that seems to have had such a difficult time getting out the door. The developer says that they are proud on how the game is developing and they are looking forward to show new videos from the title in the weeks ahead.

We had heard that Sony was targeting an April release for Driveclub, but with April almost gone, it seems that plan is now by the waste side. Instead our sources are suggesting that Driveclub will arrive at some point in June, but after all of the delays we would take that estimate with a grain of salt. Still we do expect more details including if the rumors of it now being a free-to-play title for PS Plus subscribers to be either confirmed or denied in the next week or two.

Sony has confirmed that the PlayStaton 4 only racer, Driveclub that was originally scheduled for release when the console shipped in North America, will now miss the Japanese PS4 launch as well. Rumors suggest that the original decision to delay the game was made in the interest of delivering a quality title and Driveclub just still isn’t ready just yet.

While Sony is asking for patience from PS4 owners who want to see the game released, the company can’t seem to contain their excitement about the Evolution developed next-generation racer. Sony has commented that they are “really excited” about how Driveclub is progressing.

As to when we might actually finally see Driveclub get released, Sony is expecting to announce the game’s release date very soon. Despite the setbacks that this title has experienced, we suspect that an early Spring launch is likely for the PS4 racer.

It seems that once again another launch title, will miss launch. This time it is the PlayStation 4 exclusive DriveClub. While Sony has not yet confirmed this is the case, sources are claiming that in a fourth coming announcement Sony will confirm that the title has been move to an early or spring 2014 arrival.

Still with no official word yet from Sony, it is just simply a rumors at this point, but the evidence and whispers are starting to add up to another delayed title that was scheduled for launch. Sony is said to be delaying the announcement while the work on coming up with some good news to go along with the bad news of DriveClub’s delay.

For Sony the news of another title not making launch for the PS4 isn’t good news. With Ubisoft’s decision to delay Watch Dogs, the news could not come at a worse time. With DriveClub not making launch this means that Sony only has Killzone: Shadow Fall and Knack as its only AAA first party titles expected to be available at launch.

We will continue to dig into this in hopes of getting something more solid, but in the mean time you can read more about it here.